/* HINT: Search archives @ http://www.indyramp.com/masq/ before posting! /* ALSO: Don't quote this header. It makes you look lame :-) */ What kind of connection do you have to the Internet? Cablemodem or DSL? If so, this is normal as people that have been inactive for a long time will either: Some DSL installations: Be taken OFFLINE and only checked for activity once every 30 seconds or so. Some Cablemodem setups: Be placed into a low priority queue and only checked for activity every minute or so. What do I recommend? Ping your default gateway every 30 seconds. To do this, edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file and add the following to the bottom of the file: ping -i 30 1.2.3.4 > /dev/null & Replace the 1.2.3.4 with your default router (upstream router). --David >I have a firewall running on Slackware 7.0 (Kernel 2.2.13). > >It works very well... but have a setting I would like to change. > >If no traffic from the internal network goes through the firewall, people >on the outside cannot get in (in fact, the firewall appears to be dead). > >What setting can I change to extend the period of internal inactivity in >which external users can connect to resources. > >This problem also affects port forwarding. > >When that timer runs out, external users cannot connect to the forwarded >web server. > >Thanks > .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | David A. Ranch - Linux/Networking/PC hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] | !---- ----! `----- For more detailed info, see http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch -----' _______________________________________________ Masq maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin requests can be handled at http://www.indyramp.com/masq-list/ -- THIS INCLUDES UNSUBSCRIBING! or email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE read the HOWTO and search the archives before posting. You can start your search at http://www.indyramp.com/masq/ Please keep general linux/unix/pc/internet questions off the list.
